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Home Office signs £17m deal with IBM to support core Border Force platform
Contract covers ongoing maintenance as well as upgrades
SMEs rush to sign up for Scottish Government digitisation funding scheme
Applications closed early after strong uptake for £25m programme
Consultants still comprise one in four Test and Trace workers
Efforts to reduce reliance on external providers have had an impact
‘Taking more control of IT strategy’ – HMRC reveals plan to close in-house tech firm RCDTS
Staff will either become civil servants or move over to commercial providers
Schools minister pledges ‘sustainable strategy’ for long-term remote learning
Robin Walker claims that digital tools present both challenges and opportunities
Prison transformation: MoJ agrees £12m deal for 18,000 PCs
Contract signed with US-based IT reseller
Covid tests: UKHSA signs potential £18m long-term deal for supply chain platform
Public health agency retains Accenture on deal that could run until mid-2024
DHSC picks £50m long-term IT partner to support cloudy future
DXC to replace Atos as core supplier
Year in review: How technology defined 2021’s biggest stories
Digital and data once again had a starring role in supporting – and, occasionally, hampering – government’s work this year. PublicTechnology looks back at the most significant events.
Prisons service scrapped tagging software platform after spending £100m
Ministry of Justice accounts reveal agency took decision to abandon development after delays meant the software became outdated
CCS targets procurement reform in 2022
Chief executive Simon Tse discusses new digital buying tools and how promoting social value
EXCL: Government buys £700k software to monitor death threats against ‘high-profile individuals’ involved in vaccine rollout
DHSC claims it will not ‘tolerate harassment of staff’
HMRC signs £85m five-year deal for customs software and support
IT reseller SCC wins contract
Regulator proposes measures to loosen Apple and Google’s ‘vice-like grip’ on mobile users
CMA calls vendors to make it easier for users to switch between the two platforms
UK-Singapore agreement will ‘update trade rules for digital age'
Ministers hail significance of new cooperation deal
Test and Trace scheme brings in £8m partner to support digital leadership
Contract with Axiologik seeks help with ‘delivering digital and technology capability’
Underperforming suppliers could face exclusion from future public contracts
Cabinet Office proposes banning firms that have failed to deliver previous projects on time and within budget
How-to guide aims to open up billions of tech procurement opportunities for SMEs
Government publishes advice for smaller firms and promises ‘sweeping’ rule changes to open up billions of pounds of public contracts
‘Only a tiny fraction of major projects are properly evaluated’
Report warns that government is spending hundreds of millions of pounds without knowing the impact
HMRC tool to track staff experiences with IT
Department sets budget of £500k to create platform through which employees can provide feedback on technology
Former GDS chief Cunnington approved for advisor role at McKinsey
Ex-digital government bigwig’s work at management consultant will be limited to the Middle East